The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS We elsewhere insert a letter on the distress of the a,Tri cultural labourers in the south-western counties of Eng land. Our correspondent states that tl e average rate of wages to an able-bodied man in these parts is Bs. a week. That with the present high prices of food the labourer must suffer great privations is unquestionable. So far we are agreed with our correspondent. But we go no fur ther together. Our correspondent deduces from the fact the conclusion that the farmers are to blame, because, while they are just now prospering, the labourers are left to eke out their existence on eight shillings a-week. Our Correspondent does not seem to be aware of a well-ascer tained fact, that in years of scarcity wages are always lower than in years of abundance. Wages depend on the proportion between the supply and the demand. In years when the price of food is more than usually high the labourer is led to execute a greater amount of task-work to meet the demands upon him, and thus brings down the market against himself. This is not a matter resting on mere speculation, for Committees of the House of Commmons and writers on prices have furnished abundant evidence to show that the effect of high prices of food is always to depress wages. But, says our correspondent, the farmer is well off ; why does not he raise wages ? This is confounding wages with charity. An individual farmer may give to his labourers more than the market rate of wages ; but this is an act of kindness, and will not determine the general rate which is not arbitrary. In laying down the position that the farmers ought to pay more than they do, our correspondent is not aware that men never pay more than they can help for any commodity. The labourer, when labour is wanted, takes care not to let the employer alone fix the price, and where labour is in excess the employer does not consult merely the wishes of the labourer. The legitimate conclusion from the reasoning of our correspondent is, that we ought to return to the old system of paying wages out of the rates, and by a blending of charity and wages prevent the labourer from suffering from the high price of food. This of course can be done, but before recurring to such a remedy we ought to weigh well the consequences. By reliev ing ,the labourer from a temporary pressure, we inrolve him in perpetual bondage. The new Poor-law has un questionably added to the privations of the agricultural labourer in years of scarcity, for it could not give him the advantages resulting from independence without subjecting him to the disadvantages incident to seasons when prices are high. The high price of food is an evil to all classes except the prodficers of food. Every man feels the evil in the increase of his payments to the baker. The indepen dent labourer cannot hope to escape his share of the com mon calamity. We are not now discussing the question how far the Corn-laws are the cause of the evil. We are taking things as they are in England. The Corn-laws, in so far as they add to the price of food, are of course in jurious to all classes. Of one thing we are certain, that it is better the labourers should suffer tempo rary inconvenience than that they should be once more placed in the condition in which they were before the passing of the new Poor-law Act. It is a clumsy way of relieving them from their pressure to facilitate their ac cess to the parish pay table. The old Poor-law freed the labourer from the trouble of thinking for himself. Prudence and imprudence, virtue and vice, were placed exactly on the same footing. But it so happens that men cannot throw upon others the responsibility of thinking for them without suffering from it. The world can only go on well by each person taking care of that part of it which is most important to him, namely, himself. The new Poor-law tells him to bestir himself, or he will feel the consequences. The new Poor-law tells him that where there are many labourers and little work wages will be low, and that he can only be bettered in two ways, either by going to places where there is work in abundance, or by a diminution, no matter how, in the number of labourers where he is. All else is quackery. The labourer, if left to himself, wi 1 soon make this dis covery. Mr. Fielden, in a letter inserted in the Times of yesterday, confirms the account given by our correspondent. " However (he says) opinions may differ as to the best means necessary for the relief of the suffering poor on the land, at the loom, and in the factory, there can be but one opinion among all well-disposed members of society, that re lief, in some way or other, ought to be immediately extended to them. " It is the state of wretched poverty to which this class of wG rking people is reduced, by having only half of what their forefhthers had in return for their labour (on the land, at the loom ; and at many other occupations), and the fear en tertained by others, who are better paid for their labour, of being reduced to the same state of destitation, that has in duced many very reluctantly to combine to prevent their wages from being further reduced. In fact the people are almost in a state of despair, and unless something be speedily done to place the under-paid and over-worked labourers and artisans of England in a better condition, I very much fear there can be no security, for either life or property, for any length of time." This is a fearful picture, no daubt ; and it would be de ceiving o ur readers were we to say that w e do not look forward with apprehension to what may happen. But in seeking a remedy let us take care that we do not once more adopt one worse than the disease. —Morning Chronicle. THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION. `JO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE, SIR, —The interest you feel in the welfare of the labouring c l ass es will, I am sure, render unnecessary any apology for troubling you with this communication. I wish to draw your attention to the low price of wages at present paid to the agricultural labourers in the south-western counties (especially), in the hope that through your instru mentality something may be done to induce a better state of things. The average price of wages to an able-bodied man in those parts is Bs. per week ; in some instances it is less, in a few more ; but Bs. is the average. Now, when you consider the high price of every article required by the poor man, you will, I am certain, be satisfied that the above suns is barely sufficient to save him from starvation. lam much among the poor—l know them well ; and in justice to them I must be allowed to say that their conduct under their deprivations is most exemplary. They wish to live peaceably ; they are only anxious to obtain a fair remune ration for their labour, and this they deserve, but they have it not. The cord is being stretched too tightly, and, if perse vered in, the worst of consequences must ensue. Not to waste your columns, I will give you but one example of the state to which the labouring population are reduced—it is not a picked case, but a fair specimen of the mass. Wages, Bs. per week. Expenditure : rent (say), 9d. per week ; fuel is. 6d. ; soap, candles, &c., 9d. ; leaving ss. for food.* Now, taking the family to consist of a man, his wife, and four children (and I think the average number may be somewhat beyond this), we see that it is just 10d. a-week for each ; or, allowing them food three times a day, it will give something less than one half-penny each meal. Think, Mr. Editor, one moment on the price of wheat at the present time, I ls. 6d. a bushel, or Is. sid. a gallon, and you will perceive that the whole amount of these wages, without allowing one farthing for anything beside, is not enough to supply a sufficiency of the staff of life. Under these circumstances, would you be surprised if you heard of riots, robberies, and burnings ? You ought nut. Do, I entreat you, employ your powerful pen in advocating the cause of the starving rural population. If you ask me who are the persons most to be blamed in this matter? I unhesitatingly answer, the farmers ; and if you will attend one moment, you will perceive it to be so. Wheat is now very nearly double the price it was three years since; the rents are the same—the crops this year (in these parts at least) unusually good—stock increased in value—poor rates diminished—everything, in fact, assisting to put money into the farmer's pocket ; and yet the unfortunate labourer, through whose instrumentality nearly all these benefits are effected, is left to eke out his existence on Bs. per week. The new Poor-law, I am sorry to be obliged to confess, very materially assists the farmer in keeping down the price of la bour ; this a contrary result to that which was anticipated by the framers and supporters of that measure ; and I am well satisfied that the individuals who propounded the Poor-law were actuated by the best of motives—by a sincere desire to ameliorate the condition of the poor, as well as lessen the burden on property—and my own opinion is, that the ultimate effect of the Bill will be good. At present, however, it has an undoubted tendency to diminish the price of labour. The grand principle of the Poor-law is: that no relief shall be afforded to the able-bodied labourer. Mark the conse quence of this. The man has eight shillings a week ; he knows that will barely keep him from starving—he asks for more; he is told that if not satisfied he may seek employment elsewhere ; but that is impracticable ; while he is hunting for work his family would starve ; his only alternative is the Union-house, but even this, if possible, places him in a worse condition —it involves the necessity of giving up his cottage and getting rid of his furniture, and then he no sooner takes OBSERVER'willingto up his abode in the house than some of the farmers, who chance to be Guardians, are sure to offer him work (rather than support him in the workhouse), and out he comes again to labour at his old wages or less, with the slight additional misfortune of having lost what scanty furniture he before pos sessed. Sir, knows the power the Poor-law has The farmer, given him, and he takgesraadnurjyusatnadov ja.undtaicgieouoslfyiti;ntarnoddutcheuds, a measure which, if . would be a benefit to all, is made. an instrument of oppression. If I did not fear trespassing fwuratyhserinonvvyhoicuhr vtahlueabflaermcoe_r lumns, I could point out several could benefit his men, and render uthreamttecnotmiofnorttoabtlheeangdrehaatpdpeys.- I only wish, however, to direct yo . . titution of the labouring populatiohneincutlhtitsvaptaorrt of of th ti e le co s u o n il tr t y o , in the hope that you may induce t consider the tendency of his conduct, before it in a manner that will lead him to regret 11:vinsgrepinlaiyneddedthoef tyrant so long. Wiltshire. AN aot " I have taken no notice of clothing, because I allow the little make matters appear worse than they are. e xtra m.ney they earn at harvest sufficient for this purpose. u The speech of the King of th e Bel g ians on the open ing of the session of the Legislature , on Tuesday! last, appears in another part of our paper. In the actual position of the negotiation for the settlement of the diffe -411474'N, fences between' the two kingdoms of the Netherlands, 4 .-litisr" h was fully and accurately described in the Morning .:ii. - --Arty ~ •. of Monday, any public declaration relating to that ...,,,- • 1 . " :47kf . r.ft?" t ... tM 71* - t4itli )4' j ‘S- ---. . 1 - Ql - :: -- - - Cr P.S.lft THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1838. ralism. We have said that it may be conjectured from it, however, that the new system qjustice which is to trans fer the power of Judge and Jury to the breast of a single Police Justice, who, perhaps, may have been brought up to some handicraft trade, or may have been an Under- Clerk in a Government office, or the unliveried attendant of some great man about Court, is to come under the con troul and supervision of the Home-office. The Police Justice, whether well or ill qualified for the duties of a ma gistrate, be it recollected, is but the creature of the Home office, whose tenure is at the will of the Secretary of State for that department. Is it to such a functionary, under such a surveillance, that our " Liberals" of the nineteenth cen tury would transfer the power of our constitutional tribu nals ? Is it to a court of such a dependent—of such a senile construction—they would give the power of a court of oiler and terminer, to decide charges of felony against sub jects of the British crown? Let such a system be once established in regard to larcenies of 40 shillings, and the encroachment on the admirably-constructed and carefully guarded system of British justice will not end there. Indeed, if it did, it might be well said that the legisla ture had, at length, distinctly recognised the monstrous principle, that there should be one law for Me rich, and another for the poor." " Offenders on a grand scale must have the protection of a trial by jury," it would be said—" while the poorer and smaller delin quents, though equally accused of felony, have no such security against a prejudiced, oppressive, or precipitate judgment." This sort of view of the matter would serve as an argument for encroaching still further on the trial by jury, until reformed Justice, perched on her central throne in the Home-office, would exercise her vast jurisdiction by means of police agents and Boards of Directors, untram melled by the independence of juries, and the learning and integrity of the fifteen judges of England. The French had their revolutionary directory, with something like ab solute power, and we are to have our judicial directory to assist the Home office in mixing up judicial with executive functions. In what way the Board of Directors are to de this we confess we are as unable to comprehend as Sergeant Adams acknowledgeshimself to be. We know, however, that, if the proposed Board serves no other intelligible end, it will serve to swell, as the establishment of the Board at Somerset House, with all its expensive ramifications, did, the already rank and overgrown mass of Whig patronage. It will serve to provide for some of the rampant patriots of the Whig-Radical school of liberalism, who, notwithstanding the multiplicity of Whig-created dices and commissions, yet want places. Perhaps some worthy members of the Metropolitan Police Committee that was, may have no objection to become directors of the proposed " Board." If not, we dare say there will be 110 difficulty in finding a sufficient number of disinterested Liberals (some are com ing back now from Canada) ready to prove their devotion to the country by exchanging the barren occupation of officeless patriotism for salaried directorships under the " no patronage" Administration.—Morning Herald. SOCIALISNI.—A charter has been granted•to form a branch o! the " Association of All Classes of All Nations" in Sunderland, which is the forty-seventh auxiliary now esta blished in the United Kingdom. Two addresses, explanatory of the new views, as promulgated by R. Owen, Esq., were de livered in the Phoenix Lodge upon the occasion, en the even ings of Sunday and Monday, by a friend of that gentleman.— Gateshead Observer. THE CHARTER.—A grand demonstration of the strength of the Charterists is to take place next Monday at Leicester. THE DEVILS LAWS.—Thoughts upon the Corn laws suggest themselves at the dark approach of a winter that will prove the bitterest the poor have experienced for many a year, and that will leave but few unconvinced of the necessity of a repeal of the accursed laws. Already the gaunt form of famine may be distinguished in the gloom ; suddenly, perhaps, to assume a yet more threatening and formidable aspect. With the increase in the price of bread, wages do not increase. Daily, hourly, the commercial spirit which our Corn-laws have raised up, by way of retaliation, in foreign countries, is depress ing the condition of the English labourer and artisan. Throughout the Continent manufacturers are competing hard with the products of British skill and industry.—Devonport Independent. _ _ The weather has been unfavourable for agricultural operations durinr , the past week ; and there is still a good deal of corn exposed in late glens, which, we are sorry to learn, will be of little value. The potatoes have also sus tained some damage by frost, where near the surface ; but the loss in this respect has not hitherto been serious.—Montrose Review. KIRRIEMUIR.—The Political Union held a soiree in the Old Relief Chapel, on Friday last. It was attended by about 300; amongst whom were a large number of females. The entertainment was conducted in the most agreeable man ner, and the meeting instructed by several excellent speeches, and enlivened by many songs. We understand that a " Ladies Radical Association" has been formed, and not a few of our fair neighbours have become members. Whether they intend to adopt the leadership of Miss Martineau, and demand votes and seats in the Legislature for their own sex, we are not in formed.—Montrose Review. Sunday last three young women, returning from chapel, were swept away by a mountain torrent in the Shorna, near Donoughmore, county Cork, and perished. Two were daughters of a rich farmer, named Callaghan, and had each 8001. fortune. The third was their servant. —lrish Paper. RIDICULOUS MISTAKE.—At the Circus at 13i shopswearmouth, on Monday night, it was arranged that one of the equestrians should personate an Irishman, and, coming from among the audience, in a very humorous speech challenge the horse-riders to an exhibition of his prowess on horseback, and, resisting all entreaties and threats from the master of the ring, was to mount a horse and gallop round the circle, disen cumbering himself of his ordinary attire, and appearing in the usual fantastic dress of the riders. Whilst this mock contest was going on, Police Sergeant Barren took it for earnest, and, jumping into the ring, seized the actor, and, despite the entreaties of his brother performers and the proprietor of the house, was about to drag the man to gaol, when he fter discovered the spangled jacket beneath the great coat , and, a making him show himself in his theatrical gear, the policeman retired, completely disconcerted by the jeers of the audience. —Sun derland Beacon. FLORENCE, Nov. I.—This delightful city appears most by general assent to have become the head rendezvous of the English nobility and gentry travelling thi s autumn in Italy. There was never known so many British families of rank and fortune at one time resident here, as at the present moment, of which the enclosed list will aff ird you some idea. Schneider's llotel, the Hotel d'York, Featherstone's, Il Pelli. cano, Madame Hombert's on the Lung'arno, &c., are all full, yet private lodgings are not much dearer than ordinary. A single gentleman may obtain two very genteel rooms in a good part of the town for ten scudi (or about 2/. 55.) a month. The weather has been fine and genial, and ex tremely favourable for invalids. The following list includes those now staying here, or who have been visitors within a very short time—viz., Earl and Countess of Burlington, Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, Earl and Countess of I3everley, Earl and Countess of Stanhope , and Lady Wilhel mina Stanhope, Earl and Countess of Ki nn oul, Marquis of Hertford, Lord Yarmouth, Lord Rokeby, Lord Trimleston, Lady Bentinck, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord Gal way, Lady Butler, Lady S. Doyle, Lady Rendlesham, Lord Exmouth, Lady Nlacartney, Lord Lyttelton, Lady Talbot, Lord Louvaine, Lady Craven, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, Sir Joseph Laffan, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir Keir Grant, Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Lord Alford, Sir Frederick Lamb, Gen. SirJ. Kemp, Ladie Cadogan, Gen. Mathews, Col. Fane, lion. Captain Pellew, &c., besides innumerable private fami lies and individuals. CHURCH-RATES AT HALSTEAD.—The Essex Herald reports the proceedings of a numerously attended meeting held last Wednesday at Halstead, to determine whether any and what measure should be taken to prevent the re-establishment of Church-rate in the parish. It appears that great excitement has been occasioned during the past t w pfa h oon e r e sd e e k 4 s ai t on i h fb n e ime i i t n l h at s s e h t ki . n parish, nte ghe d aat contestb a yc b vhl y eoui snrrtnotice.rcyit eimeeting havingauetsreetut:njaa subject cir Courthauld, toe b hus e rnite e daoe n tt nheggai or heldv v e i tf nhongueorf been years eeStanhruesn calleddap expediencygau yor no toEifeaeptilryo t i e : sit ; .n h g e G N ar v eg e ea e ni k nwsot circulars otdhew iams pc w oa e rl r e el d ev t de o rty t o l extensivelyetceh meetingai chair, a n d uunder opened de r circulated the meeting by reading the notice by which it had been convened, and after stating the position of the Church rate question, called on Mr. Courthauld to explain, more particularly his object in having called the meeting. Mr. Courthauld responded to the call , and concluded moving a series of resolutiens condemnatory of Church -rates, and pledging the meeting to support to the utmost of its power, both in vestry and at a poll, a motion for refusing a Church-rate. These resolutions were received with continual cheering, and Mr. C. said, before they were put from the chair, he earnestly invited the freest expressions of the feelin C s l u i h u s rc e h q , ne w n h tl e y re considerable dis cussionadjourned tfeelingsof the meeting u p on them. The resolutions were ultimat el y put by the Chairm an, and were unanimousl y carried with o the took place. There were three several divisions, and accl Schoolrooma ma t ions on each and all of t hem, after a protracted en g a g ement, the at t T ac h h e ed m to ee t t h in e g objectors to the rate had a large favourers majority, thereby defeating, in the most signal manner, the of clerical rapacity and meanness. s —A • T ILE Two DROM IO singular mistake as to the identity of a person recently occurred at Brighton. A linen-draper's shopman, named Daw, was deemed by more than one person to be a Frenchman and swindler, whereas in reality the aforesaid Mr. Daw is an honest English draper. Count Metasco has not been discovered behind Mr. Collin's counter. Tho'Briphion Herald says that " Mr. John Daw still continues an object of great curiosity, particularly with the la dies, who vow all manner of' pretty little oaths that there never was such a likeness, and that if lie is not the Count himself he really must stand in some _ very near relationship to that most notorious imposter. Fu rther, for the sake of description, it may be added that Mr. John Paw is a very singular-looking young man, to whom, p r obably, no person bears so strong a roserublance as the real impostor, Count Metasco, alias Nadir Beg. '? •• On Tuesday last person s were kielwerniu• 3 ,, cart-loads of ice at the shop of Mr. Gro ve, the eminent fishmonger in Bond-street, an occurrence rarely seen at so early a period of the - pc asph; subject, from one of the principal parties, could not have failed to engage the general attention of Europe ; but when one of them, in a solemn address to the representa tives of his people, employs a language which, if it have any meaning whatever, must be understood to intimate his .determination to withstand the decision of the great powers of Europe who have undertaken to arbitrate in the affair, unless the decision be made entirely conformable to the ideas which prevail in Belgium of the rights and interests of that country, the attention which any - declaration from such a quarter must have excited is immeasurably in creased. King Leopold has, no doubt, a perfect know ledge of the state of the negotiations in the London Conference, and of the opinions which predominate in this assembly of acknowledged arbitrators so decidedly, that but for a slight variance, or hesitation rather, in the judgment of a single Power, they might be pronounced unanimous. And what is the language which his Belgic Majesty, in full . . possession of this information, addresses to the representa tives of his people, and through them to the nation at large ? He says—" Our differences with Holland are not yet arranged ; the rights and interests of the country are the sole rule of my policy ; these have been treated with the care which their importance requires, and will be de fended with perseyerance and courage." We cannot hesitate as to the construction which, in the known circumstances __. of the case, must be given to this passage in King Leo pold's speech. When his Majesty says that the right's and interests of the country will be defended, what can he mean if not that those rights and interests are about to be attacked ; that the all but unanimous judgment of the London Conference, if carried into effect, will be a violation of these rights and an invasion of these interests ? When he talks of perseverance and courage in the defence of those threatened rights and interests, what can he mean but that the anticipated decision of the Conference will be eluded by every expedient of procrastination, and that when procrastination is no longer permitted, the effect of that de cision will be resisted in arms ? To believe that this is the meaning of King Leopold's words, and that it is the only sense in which they can possibly be understood, is fortu nately, however, a very different thing from believing that these words would be 'followed by corresponding action in the event of the Mediating Powers adhering stedfastly to the decision which all but one of their number have de clared to be just, and which that one also has declared to be just, with some inconsiderable modifications. It ap pears to us that the speech of the King of the Belgians has been framed in a confident reliance—a reliance, per haps, somewhat too confident—upon the good offices of the representative of France in the Conference, to prevent that emergency in which alone the isolated perseverance, or the independent courage, of the Belgian Government and people can be exposed to any trial. His Belgic Majesty and his Belgic Majesty's subjects are not the only people in the world who are prone to give themselves cre dit for the high qualities which they would display in a con tingency not expected to arise. We cherish the hope, how ever, that King Leopold, in so far as he relies upon the efforts of France to retard the decision of the Conference, or materially to vary that judgment which its members are already understood to have pronounced, is destined to sus tain an early and an entire disappointment. It scarcely consists with the honour and dignity of the King of the French, after assuming, in conjunction with the other great Powers of Europe the character of an arbitrator of the disagreements of two secondary States, to shift from opinion to opinion in compliance with the wishes or in deference to the pretensions of one of the two, although that one be the special object of his protection and regard. A less degree of foresight and sagacity than Louis Philippe is generally believed to possess, might suggest all the present and future danger to the peace and welfare of nations with which so high an example of the prostitution of a Royal arbitrator's authority would be pregnant. The direct tendency of such an example would be to prevent in all future time, or to render at once hopeless and dangerous, the united and amicable in tervention of powerful Governments with a view to com pose any differences that may spring up among inferior States. If the Powers that meet in Conference, for the purpose of adjusting differences, are severally to take opposite sides—to adopt respectively one or other of the parties to the original dispute, as a client or protege— and to identify themselves completely with his interests, feelings, and claims, what can be the effect of such in tervention but to impart to contention a more acrimonious spirit, and to provide for it a more extended as well as a more elevated stage ? Should Louis Philippe pursue the course, in the future deliberations of the Conference, which the King of the Belgians evidently expects, the acute observers of European politics will perceive in his conduct much more, and much that is even more important, than a mere disposition on the part of the Government of France to gratify the wishes and promote the interests of Belgium. It will be noticed that now for the first time since the five powers undertook this tedious arbitration, the Governments of France and Great Britain are of opposite opinions—that now, for the first time, the British Govern ment is in perfect unison with those of Austria, Russia, and Prussia—that now, for the first time, the Government of France stands deserted and alone. Should this position be assumed by France, the dangerous question it is obvious, must soon arise, whether absolute unanimity among the mediating powers be indispensably necessary to a valid decision upon the Dutch and Belgian differences.—Morn ing Post. Among the recommendations contained in the report o the Metropolitan Police Committee, that which is num , bored the eighth is particularly deserving of notice. It is in the following words : That, to secure a just and uniform administration of the duties to be executed by police justices, provision should be made for the formation of a board, or court, to revise the pro ceedings and practice of the police-offices, with a view to the greater uniformity, and to receive also and digest such a systematic record of the proceedings in each police-office a 3 shall bring them under the review of the court and the Home-office." To draw to the Home-office the controul of the new police summary jurisdictions for the trial of felonies by a single stipendiary Magistrate, without the intervention of a jury, seems to be the object of this recommendation, though it is expressed in so vague and clumsy a manner that the precise intention of the framers of the report is rather mat ter of conjecture than certainty. Indeed, the Home-office seems to be everything in the eyes of Mr. Benjamin Hawes and his Liberal " reformers" of our c onstitutional system of justice. The Home-office is the beginning and end of all their plans for the " improvement" of our Gothic structure of justice, order, and liberty, into something so novel and outlandish as may lead those Englishmen who are tired of the constitution for which their forefathers fought and bled to hope that their country may yet be raised to a level, in its institutions, with centralised France ! Happy con summation ! How will our philosophic Liberals rejoice over their own work when the day arrives in which the British Constitution shall be so " improved" that it will bear a striking resemblance to the image reflected in the polished mirror of Gallican despotism, embellished with forms of law ! Let us now see what it is Sergeant Adams says in his letter to Mr. Hawes upon this extraordinary re commendation, before " we make the bright idea" of the Committee the subject of some further obser,ations of our own. " The recommendation," he remarks, "is so loosely worded, that it eludes all efforts to comprehend its import. What is the meaning of the formation of a board or court ? The terms are familiar and synonymous as applicable to a public company. But what is a board ofjustice ?" Aye, in deed, well may the Learned Serjeant ask what is a board of justice. The French used to have their "bedsofjustice," and if Englishmen have their " boards ofjustice," it may be said by those who are fonder of playing upon words than we are that " justice" has had both " bed and board." This, how ever, is a serious subject, although we admit the blun dering of the sages of the Committee has connected it with something of the ludicrous. What can be more ri diculous than that the grave and Learned Sergeant Adams should be sent about to inquire wh at is the meaning of a Board of' Justice 7 Why is there not a glossary for the instruction of her Majesty's unenlightened subjects at the end of the Report ? "Is it proposed," continues the Ser geant, " to erect a Board or Court of Justice analogous to the Court of Review in Bankruptcy ? If so, what are to be its powers ? Are they to be original or appellant ? and over whom are they to extend ? Are they to include Police Magistrates only, or all other Magistrates acting within the district ? or are they to extend to Police Officers ? or is a Bow d or Court of Directors to regulate and control the Police Justices in contempl a ti on ? f so, from what class in life are the Directors to be t a k en ? A re they to be superior or inferior to the Police Jastices, or a selection ftArhioeami Magistrate them s in AN tko rh tb a h t ea a te, r o e lloo t rl o cdei b dn s t g hb h eo e ro i rldpo somew ers Majesty's? t d r e o c t decrees to co H m omwicontumaciousCommission, heisacatbsleeotootrraergyultao their orders regulate his own practice tobe void v an i d or proceedingsarete h ? Are Board or Court to have a power of suspension or dismissal, iounrn under er word,er t t h li e e y immediate n to tnt e r en e dd p i ea o dt r e t itnhdei surveillancer c e o c n t ly t u m t o a ocfy placetthoe htebre Home-ofNaj Policei fi e Majesty? Is ua sntdi c i te t, to destroy the independence of the Magisterial character ? Again, what is the meaning of receiving . and digesting a systemati c recor d 7 S ure l y the record, systematic, does not require digestion ; and under the review of what Court is the record of the tproceedingsord o to be brought when di gbeesetesdta?blilsthecdan, n fo o r t t b b e at th has already a e_ brC4a employe; urtrecommieonddiegdestto. digest ing the record," The strin g of questions put by Sergeant, Adams as above are all very prop er ques ti ons to put , but the report furnishes no may y we d r o to, io any di one of them. will find it ly v o e r: d y: n 4 d g i ' ffi . g c n u e a ft o t' f o t Whatever the Committee nonsense sdeouuil: that e e a y h e syste matic report, we think they di gest the Learne4 Sergeant's . questions. But, to speak se riously, this reco!nmenetati.o;34slomu.gnh the mystic mind of philosophic libe. s p l e m o p i to o r e t o a s n t o , csoloaommseet t yen preciousngl'er ? f LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nor. 15. LORD KENSINGTON V. THE WEST OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER CEMETERY COMPANY. Mr. JACOB appeared in support of an appeal in this matter &An a decision of the Vice-Chancellor, affirming the title of Lord Kensington to dispose of forty acres of land in the parish of St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, to the defendants. In 1833, on the marriage of Mr. Edwardes, the eldest son of Lord Kensington, to a Miss Ellison, a deed of settlement was prepared, by which his Lordship settled the whole Kensing ton estate on the issue of the marriage, reserving to hire .elf only a right to dispose of such portion as might be required for a canal, railroad, or any other public undertaking. Under the authority of this power in the deed, his Lordship, on the sth of July, 1837, entered into a contract with the Cemetery Company to sell to them forty acres of the three hundred, which is the extent of the estate, for the sum of twenty thousand pounds. The Cemetery Company having been advised that Lord Kensington had no right to sell, now hesitate to complete the purchase, and a bill was filed by Lord Kensing ton for a specific performance. It was now argued that Lord Kensington had no right to dispose of any portion of the pro perty included in the deed of settlement, or that if he had such right, it did not extend to such an amount as forty acres. The power in question to sell a portion for a railroad or canal evidently pointed at a small stripe, such as railroads or canals generally required in passing through large estates, and could not have been meant to extend to such a portion as the Com pany were to purchase as-a cemetery. It was also argued that the word "require" in the Act for the incorporation of the Co mpany was compulsory, and that if Lord Kensington entered into a contract to surrender so much ground to them without being required to do so, such a purchase did not come within the provisions of the Act of Parliament. Mr. K. BRUCE expressed surprise that the Company should have instructed Counsel to adopt a line of argument with re spect to their Act of Parliament, which, if successful, would wholly destroy its powers, and put an end to their own exist ence. The word " require" was not compulsory in the Act, nor was it and cod to express command. It meant no more than " want," with which it was coupled. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed a note of the Vice-Chan cellor's judgment to be handed up to him, and should dispose of the matter to-morrow morning. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 15. THE QUEEN V. THE RECORDER OF STAMFORD. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause against a rule for a mandamus to be directed to the defendant to command him to enter continuances, and hear the appeal of Joseph Cooke and others, against a borough rate for the borough of Stamford. The affidavit on which the rule was moved set forth that the rate bad been made in September, and allowed by the Mayor in December, 1836: that an appeal had been lodged against it on the ground that it was unequal, that the appeal came on to be heard in the Epiphany Sessions, when it was postponed to the Michaelmas Sessions. In the meantime the rate was abandoned, and at the Sessions, when the appeal came on to be heard, the respondents did not appear, and the rate itself, therefore, was not produced. The appellants were not pre pared to give secondary evidence of the rate, and the Re corder, therefore, thought that they did not establish a prima facie case, and, consequently, that no matter for the exercise of his jurisdiction was brought before him. He, therefore, refused to hear the appeal. The COURT directed the rule to be made absolute. THE QUEEN V. JOHN FROST. Sir W. FOLLETT showed cause against a rule calling on the defendant to show cause why a mandamus should not issue against him, commanding him to pay over to the treasurer of the borough of Newport, in Monmouthshire, certain moneys received by him on account of property of the borough. It was clear that a mandamus should not issue in a case like the present. The applicant was merely a freeman of the borough; the defendant was a town councillor, and had been mayor ; and if the applicant claimed any interest in the revenues aris ing from this property, and thought that the defendant im properly withheld it from him, he might bring his action to recover the money ; but the remedy which he now sought to enforce was inapplicable to the circumstances of the case. Mr. MAuI.E supported the rule. The COURT discharged the rule. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 15. JACKSON V. GALLOWAY. This was an action upon a charter-party which was tried before the Lord Chief Justice at Guildhall after the Term before last, when a verdict passed for the plaintiff, damages 1701. It appeared that the ship Rochester was chartered by the instrument in question to take in a cargo of coals and iron at Cardiff, and thence proceed to Alexandria, and that ten days of demurrage at 71 pkr day were to be allowed from the 16th of December, 1836, and forty lay days for loading at Cardiff and unloading at Alexandria. Subsequently to the signing of that charter-party it was proposed by the plaintiff, the ship-owner, and agreed to by the defendant, that, the ship being at Pembroke, a certain portiOn of the cargo of coals should be taken on board there ; so that the original charter-party was in fact varied by the substitution of Pem broke for Cardiff, the place where the coals were to have been taken on board. After the voyage had been per formed a question arose between the parties as to the time from which the demurrage was to be calculated, the shipowner contending that the demurrage should be calculated from the commencement of the lading at Pem broke, and the defendants arguing that no demurrage could be charged until the vessel had reached Cardiff, as the delay was occasioned by the express wish of the plaintiff. Under these circumstances the present action was brought to recover the full amount of demurrage, and the Jury, by their verdict, admitted the plaintiff's claim. During the last Term a rule had been obtained by Mr. Serjeant Talfourd to reduce the da mages, or for a new trial. Mr. Sergeant WILDE to-day showed cau3e against that rule. Rule discharged. EXCHEQUER COURT, Nor. 15. GRIFFITII V. WILLIAMS. Mr. JERVIS obtained a rule nisi for a new trial in this cause during last Term. The notes of Mr. Justice Williams, before whom the cause was tried, were now read over, and from them it appeared that the action was brought to uphold the toll de manded in Mold, in the county of Flint. These tolls were let to the plaintiff by Mostyn, Esq., M. P., and one penny was taken from every person who sold in the market, until the defendant, who had paid it for fifteen years, refused to continue to do so. The Jury found for the defendant. Mr. CRESSWELL now showed cause against the rule.—Rule discharged. SHERIFFS' COURT, Aor. 15. SIN'S V. R. R. REINAGLE, R.A. This was an action to recover the sum of 5/. for goods sup. plied. The defendant had paid I/. into Court. Mr. KEIGHTLEY stated the case for the plaintiff, who is a tailor residing in George. street, Hampstead, and the defend ant, Mr. Reinagle, was a gentleman whose name must be well known to them, as one of the Royal Academicians. In April last the defendant wished a coat made by a certain time to go to a party, which was done by the plaintiff, and sent home to him. Some alterations were then required, which having been attended to the coat was again sent home, and was now in the defendant's possession, so that there could be no plea for refusing to pay the money. James Wood, of 34, Drummond-street, tailor, said he was in the employ of the plaintiff in April last, He went to the defendant with the coat, which lie complained was too tight, and it was eased and altered; 4/. was a fair price for it. He took some trousers also, which Mr. Reinagle afterwards wished altered as he had chalked them. Mr. KNIGHTLEY—Did he say he wanted the sleeves stiff ened, so that there should be free ventilation up the arm ? The UNDER-SHERIFF—What 1 a chimney up the sleeves ? —( Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. LEE, for the defendant—Did not Mr. Reinagle say the trousers would fit Gog or Magog ? ( A laugh.) Witness—No ; Mr. Reinagle never said he was afraid to move in the coat for fear he should force himself cut of it.— ( Laughter. ) Mr. LEE—Did you not pull him with both your hands to try to button it ? Witness—No ; I only used one. The UNDER- SHERIFF—And held him tight with the other ? —( A laugh.) Mr. LEE—Did Mr. Reinagle complain that one leg of the trousers was cut one way of the stuff, and the other leg the other way ?—( Laughter.) Witness—No. Mr. LEE—Did he not say he never saw such sacks, and he could crawl through them ?—( Laughter.) Witness—No. George Fletcher, another workman of the plaintiff's, said when he heard Mr. Reinagle complained of the fit of the coat, he went to him, and, telling him that he had made the coat, requested to see it on. Mr. Reinagle said he would see Mr. Sims d—d before he would put the coat on.—( Laughter.) I called for the money, and instead of it I got " a similar con versation."— ( Loud laughter. ) George Garrett, a tailor, of 70, George-street, New-road. _I was employed by Mr. Reinagle in May last, and lie showed me a coat which Sims had made, and asked me if it was a proper dress coat? I said it was rather a delicate matter, as Sims was my neighbour—(Laughter)—but I must say I did not think the style was that of a proper dress coat.—(Loud laugh , ter. ) Soon after I had an order for a dress coat, and as I live rather out of the fashionable world, I thought I would in quire what was the newest fashion, and I went to qu eminent tailor at the West-end, and I found that the coat Sims had made was just the thing —(Laughter.) Mr. Reinagle was a neighbour of mine, so I thought it my duty to tell him the alteration in my opinion, and that if he went to law on that coat he would be thrown over the bridge.—( Great laughter.) The UNDER- SIIERIFF —Did you do SO? Witness—lndeed I did. —( A laugh. ) Mr. LEE—Did he complain of the fit of Sims's coat ? Witness---.ob, dear no; the style, the style.--( Laughter. ) Mr. LEE then addressed the Jury, and said it was not likely Mr. Reingale would have resisted its demand, unless he had good reason for doing so. The fact was, he was going to dine with the Royal Academicians, and ordered this coat, which was not sent till near ten at night, and then it was such a coat that no Christian could ever wear it. The sleeves were half up his arms, the back was all a pucker, but, upon the plaintiff promising to alter it, he put it on. It was evident Mr. Reinagle had been pulled into the coat, and when he stood up in the trousers they reached to his arm-pits. He would prove that the clothes did not fit, and the plaintiff, refused to take the coat back. Mr. Reinagle had kept the trousers, which were made of his own cloth, and had paid 1/. into Court for the making of them. The verdict must be for the de foidant, aad tie plaintiff when he left the Court would take the record with him, which would make an excellent, though he would find it a very expensive, measure, Ann Thompson, cook to •the . defendant, said the coat was not sent home till a quarter to ten at night; she took it up to Mr. Reinagle, and he went out for about an hour. Mr. Reinagle was too late for the party, for all the people had left.—( Loud laughter. ) The UNDER-SHERIFF shortly summed up the evidence. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 41. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nor. 15. BAIL.—TWO applications were made to-day for bail, and granted. The insolvents were restored to their business until December, when they are appointed to be heard. The first application under the bail clause was made on the 18th Sep tember, and since then a great number have availed themselves of the humane provision, that is, in town cases; for, unfortu. nately, with respect to persons in country prisons, the Corn. missioners have decided that the clause is virtually to them nugatory. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. The Sessions commenced this morning before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS and several Justices. The calendar contains the names of fifty-seven prisoners, of whom fourteen are charged with felony or larceny. The remainder are indicted for assaults, riots, and misdemeanours. The trials were of no inte.eit. Complaints were made to the Court respecting the vague and incorrect manner in which the notices of recognizance were drawn out. One witness stated that he was bound over from Union-hall in the sum of 201. to appear and give evidence in a prosecution, but when and where it was to commence he had not the slightest intimation. The CHAIRMAN—Hand up your notice. You are here charged to appear in a trial to take place in the county of Middlesex, this being the city and liberty of Westminster, and at no day in the present year. The 31agistrates surely cannot be cognizant of such irregularity. The witness had been put to great inconvenience in conse quence, having lost a great deal of time in making inquiries. He hoped the Court would make allowance for this in his expenses. The CHAIRMAN—I am extremely sorry, but we can make no distinction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-BOUSE. Mr. Charles Ackerley, who some time ago was disturbed by the police while exhibiting a philosophical instrument and descanting upon its properties in Smithfield, applied to the Loan MAYOR for permission to lecture upon the same subject on Sunday, in the arena from which he had been expelled vi et armis. The Loan MAYOR said that Mr. Ackerley must know that it was improper to collect a crowd in the streets on Sunday, for the purpose of delivering a philosophical lecture. Mr. Ackerley assured his Lordship that he had exhibited the instrument before the Archbishop of Canterbury and the head of the Jewish Synagogue, who expressed the highest admiration of its virtues. It was a sun-dial like unto that of Ahaz, mentioned by the prophet Isaiah. The dial inculcated the most beautiful and purest system of morality in such a manner as was not to be mistaken, and it completely verified the fulfilment of the sacred prophecies. He had found it on the breast of a mummy which he had unfolded. The extra ordinary knowledge which it was capable of communicating was not strange to the world 3,000 years ago, but it had slept for centuries, and he was anxious to dispense the gifts of in telligence which it had revived. The Loan MAYOR—Is not a theatre the best place for an exhibition of the kind ? ..... . Mr. Ackerley—l have lectured once at the Milton-street Institution on the subject to an immense crowd, and I intend to lecture there again to-morrow evening ; but I cannot sup port the expense, and I therefore seek permission from your Lordship to appear in Smithfield, where I can render service without expense to anybody. The expectation of disturbance or confusion would be quite absurd. The great principle is morality in its most elevated sense, based upon the doctrines of the great book of God. The LORD MAYOR—I cannot sanction the exhibition, and I assure you that the present Chief Magistrate is not capable of distinguishing between your sun-dial and that of Ahaz. Mr. Ackerley—l wish your Lordship would send some of the members of the Corporation to examine the properties of the dial, and hear the next lecture. Ido assure your Lordship that they would receive much additional enlightenment. The LORD MAYOR, however, seemed to think that the members of the Court of Common Council knew well enough ",what time o' day" it was, without the assistance of the dial like unto that of Ahaz, and declined inviting them to the lecture. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday James Young was finally examined, charged by Mr. William Wright, printer, of No. 12, Fulwood's-rents, Holborn, with having stolen a promissory note for 161. Mr. BENETT called upon the prisoner to put in bail to answer the charge at the Sessions. Dennis Donovan was re-examined, chr - ged with having attempted to murder Catherine, his wife. lie was remanded for another week. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. Mrs, Jane Connop, a fidgetty little body, who has the mis fortune to be continually in hot water with her neighbours, charged Peter and Mary Hodgkin with having jointly threat ened to do her some kind of bodily harm the first convenient opportunity. Profitting by pant experience of the complainant's discursive loquacity, the Bench requested her to confine herself to the particular time of assault, and to tell the circumstances as briefly as possible. " Oh, certainly," said Mrs. Connop, nodding, " your Worship knows as I never uses a single iotum more as is ne cessary. You see, Mrs. Hodgkin for a good while has wanted to spit her spite on me, but I took care she should not have a hopportunity as I never stirred out of my own room except it was to empty the slops or to go to the butcher's for a bit of summut for dinner, or else a pound or two of kidney-tators. One arternoon last week I sent my youngest' gal out on an errand, but whether it was for a bundle of wood or a ha'portb of mustard, I'm sure I cant tell. Howsomever, she had not got back afore I heerd the most frightfullest shreeks and skries, and then I beers Mrs. Hodgkin a hollering out • Where's that scraggy. necked old lady-pig? Come down stairs and see if I don't twist your fat abdominal viscera into fiddle-strings.' Well, there I sot, like patience under the monument,' without saying nothing, when somebody come to the door with my rap. People as is for Mr. Hodgkin comes with a double knock, and people as is for me come with three knockses. Down I goes to arnser the door, when out flies Mr. Hodgkin, like a roarin' lion, and swears he'll do for old scraggyneck, and so he would if I hadn't wanished into the back washhouse. Ever since I've been afeerd to go for a kettle of water and to answer my own knockses, or take in my milk." The Magistrate inquired if the complainant had any pre vious quarrel with the defendants ? Mrs. Connop—Oh dear, no, we were always the best of friends till my gal quarrelled with their gal. I don't want to hurt any on 'em, or say a word agin 'em, but I can prove as Mr. Hodgkin is a thief, and that Mrs. Hodgkin gets drunk regular twice a week. The defendants, in answer to the charge, said the corn. plainant encouraged her children to behave rudely to their children. The consequences were that sundry boxes on the ear, and endless fisty cuffs, were reciprocated between the juveniles, who contrived at length to enlist their parents in their petty squabbles, and thus a state of things was produced which led to the appearance of all parties at the office. The Bench finding the complainant refused to accept terms of pacification, settled the matter by ordering the defendants to enter into their own recognizances. MARYLEBOAE. Yesterday Thomas Warre, a middle-aged man, having the appearance and manners of a countryman, was brought up in custody and placed within the felons' bar, on the charges of having stolen 64/. in gold, the property of his late master, Mr. T. Pointer, a butcher in an extensive way of business, at 62, Aldgate, and also a valuable horse belonging to Mr. J. Young, a licensed victualler, residing at Hadstock, Bucks. The prisoner, for whose apprehension rewards had been offered, and a description of his person given in the Hue and Cry and Police Gazette, was in the first instance brought to this office on Saturday last, and was then remanded in conse quence of there being none of the witnesses in attendance. Mr. Pointer, on the 28th of December, 1837, purchased at Islington market of a salesman, named Morgan, four oxen, and desired the prisoner to go for them, which he did, and drove them home. On the same day he sent the prisoner with 64/. in sovereigns and half-sovereigns (which was the amount of the purchase) to the banking-house of Messrs. Jones and Sons, Smithfield, with directions that the sum in question might be placed to Mr. Morgan's account, which, however, was never done. Mr. HOSKINS —Did you ascertain this shortly afterwards?— Mr. Pointer—l did, Sir, on the following day. Mr. HOSKINS—Did the prisoner ever return to your ser, vice ? Mr. Pointer—lie did not, and it was that which cx cited my suspicions, and caused me to make inquiry aspect ing the money. — Mr. Hoskiss—Then, since the period of the robbery you have not seen him until now ? Mr. Pointer—l have not. o.her evidence was gone into, from which it appeared that a butcher, who had received information regarding the pri soner's haunts, at length discovered him at the Holly Bush public-house, in Lisson-grove, and handed him over to a con stable of the D division of police. Mr. HoskiNs (to the prisoner)—This is a very serious charge against you. Do you wish to say anything ? Prisoner —I was intoxicated with liquor. I'd been drinking a great deal, and when I put my hand into my waistcoat pocket to feel for the money which I had put there on leaving my master, I found it was all gone. I know nothing about how it went nor what house I was in. The other charge was then gone into, and with respect to which the only evidence against the prisoner was, that he was at Mr. Young's public-house for two or three days, and left on the 28th ult. On the following day he (Mr. Young) missed a horse from his field, and a saddle and bridle from the stable. No tidings of either had since been gained. The prisoner was in the latter case acquitted, but fully com mitted for trial for stealing the money. QUEEN-SQUARE. Esther Fustin and Mary Brown, two girls miserably clad, were yesterday charged with stealing two aprons full of cinders from the back of her Majesty's Treasury. Thomas t lmphries, a clerk to the dust contractor, H enry Fano, complained of great loss of ashes and cinders at the Treasury and Horse Guards. They had missed considerable quantities from time tc co t iv4uxim—What have you to say, girls ?: "You knew these cinders did not belong to you. Prisoner Fustin, who had cried bitterly during the hearing, replied, " I knew that thee' did, not belonq to me, but mother is poor, and I thought there could be no harm in taking a few cinders to burn out of a dusthole. Mr. GREGORSE inquired if they had been there often on the same errand ? The girls replied that yesterday was their first and would be their last visit there. Mr. GREGORIZ could not feel that the Act of Parliament contemplated the punishment of two persons like these, could take but little away, although they certainly had norifil" there at all. Men go . ng there with a sack or cart was a dif ferent matter altogether, and he would then feel bound to sup• port the contractor. As these poor girls had taken the cindere to burn, and not to sell, he should discharge them on th eir undertaking to appear again next Monday. The girls promised to do so, and were liberated. WORSHIP- STREET. Yesterday Susan Morris, who was charged with bavi nl returned from transportation, was brought up for re• exam" nation. The prisoner was remanded for the purpose of her friends an opportunity by making an application to t" Secretary of State to produce a certificate of her free pardon. As she was not able to bring that forward, she was committe d for trial. James Allen, alias Beaumont, John Bignell, and Elizabeth ° Gyngle, with the mo th er an d f at h er o f t h e fi rst pr i son er, ner d brought up for re-examination, charged with aiding in an ,. being accessory to th e ro bb ery o f Mr. Roper, ironmong% Finsbury-place, of ca s h an d bill s t o t h e amount o f 1001. T li prisoners, with th e e xce pti on o f Gyngle, who was discharg ed ' were remanded till Tuesday. THAMES- OFFICE. Yesterday Richard Belcher, the master of the schoone r John Lawrence, was brought before Mr. Ballantine and Mr' Broderip on a charge of assaulting Richard Hagan, a s eams° . It appeared from the evidence of the complainant, a youl man, that the ship of whi c h d e f en d an t was capta i n wa s an Iris a trader, and on the voyage f r om D u bli n t o L on don he h a been repeatedly ill•ased by the captain. When the ship w as a coming up the river a few nights since he was so very sore an stiff from the harsh treatme n t h e h a d en d ure d, that he O a not able to do his duty properly, and when orders were giv . f.3 to let go the lee-brace, as th e vesse l was going about, he u' not let it go in time, in consequence of the rope becorell entangled. This offended the captain, who struck bills violent blow on the face, which felled him, and when be down kicked him in the ower part of the a bdomen. He ba been put to great inconvenience and pain by the kick. The Captain alleged that Hagan had shipped as an able sea; man, at 2/. ss. per month, and he was quite useless on bea t He could not get him to work, and sometimes, in periods danger, he would not move hand or f oo t. H e l ost his ma i l ai ' boom through his negligenc e . It was t h e t hi r d b e had ; in a period of three months, a n d h e cr i e d, an d was almost 1 a state of insanity. In his v e x a ti o n h e m i g ht have struck , blow or two. The mate, an Irishman, wh o t oo k th e oa th i n a slool manner, and would not kiss th e cross on t h e b oo k until tw : l4 desired to do so; would swear t h e capta i n did not ,_cl, the man or lay a hand upon him. An Irish boy belonging to the vessel was next called, an n hesitating to answer a question, the mate whispered some ° - , l `l in his ear, on which M r . B a ll ant i ne ordered him to be P, h - , out of the office, and said h e h a d h ear d w h at h e sa id to ia L d , boy, and his conduct was exceedingly improper. The 90 who paused at several questions put to him, said he sew assault committed. The Magistrates believed the assault had been conuei tt n e r The first witness (th e mate ) h a d come prepare d to say sar thing, and they did not believe him. They sentenced the fendant to pay a fine of 3/. to the Queen and the costs. MONEY AND CITY NEWS• (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS HAS')S TIME S.—An unfavourabl e i m p ress i on was p ro duce s , on the Funds to-d a y by th e S peec h on t h e open i ng of th f 0 sion of the B e l g i an Ch am b ers , genera l ly regarde d as that warlike tendency, a t a moment w h en an opinion vals„„Igio0 prevalent that a final adjustment of the Dutch and r;9 4 question might shortly be looked for. Consols receded i to ct• to for money and account, and cld heavy. Ban k - 613 0 * was 203 to 4; India St oc k, 261 to 2; o se Exchequer Bills, to 70s. prem. d -r The same cause a c t e d u p on D utc h S toc k s, the Tvio'ciandth Half per Cents. d ec li n i ng to 541- to the Five per ye-0 to 1001 to 4. In other F ore i gn S ecur i t i es li tt l e a lteratio n curred. fre' The Railway Share Market was depressed. and the s outh' of some of the prin c ip a l R a il ways gave way, Lon d on an," 00 ;b• mingham to 80 to 2 ; G re at W es t ern to 12 i to 13i; 'Mary ampton new, to 20 to 1 ; North Midland to lt 3 to 21; 1 01 chester and Birmingham, to 11 premium ; lighten 2a to i; Blackwall, 11- to discount. halle CHRONICLE. __The frequenters o f the Stock El c " 111 0 have taken some alarm to-day at the announcement, inbef, Speech of the King of the Belgians on opening the Ch pad that the difference between Holland a n d Belgium still renl'bitf unsettled; and Consols have receded a little; but in the i6. o generally no importance wh a t ever h as b een a tt a ched to cor this is, of course, a fact well known to all the world. v ot; n c sots closed at 94 to both for Money and the A c/ d, Three per Cent. Reduced, 931 to I; Reduced Three-ansp Half per Cents., 1001 t o ; N ew di tto , 102 to it!, tO chequer Bills, 68 3 . t o 70 s . p rem . ; an d I nd i a B on ds, 65 prem. lcendidg Spanish Securities, notwithstanding the dreadful 8 - irc lo which are almost daily rec e i ve d f rom S pa i n , have ro lae D ell little, and the impr e s s i on th ere f ore i s, t h at measures f o r loan are going on. The Active Stock left off at 171 f t o ° Portuguese Five per C ents , were l ast marked at 31.00.1 ditto Three per Ce n t s ., 201 to ; Dutch Five per 'level' 100 a to ; ditto Two-and-a-Hall per Cents., 54i t to gian, 101 to ; Brazilian, 781 to 7 9 ; C o l o mbian, - 251 ; Mexican, 23 to and Peruvian, 17 to 18. iltc 3 Y 'Fhe shares of the Birmingham and Great Western her ar, e t undertakings are a little lower, to.day, but the otbi e much the same as yesterday, The following were t t rlsov! prices Birmingham (Old) 80 to 82 prem. ; Pi tt° , s ba re i 231 to 24 prem. ; Southampton (Old) 45 to 46 p er to 1 5 ; Ditto ( New) 20 to 21 p rem . ; G reat W ester n 12 7 kJ?, prem. ; North Midland 11:to 2i pm. ; Leeds and 1 re chester 19 to 21 pr em . ; M anc h ester an d Bi r mingba iv 11 prem. ; B r i g ht on 2i to 22- dis. ; Blackwall 11 t° o. and Greenwich 16. to 17 per share. The continu a n ce o f un f avoura bl e w i n d s f or vessels ° r eli t! Al Eng'and keep s us w ith ou t f urt h er adv i ces f ro m to e o rtir States and Canada; and, indeed, we are without any at all of moment or interest. ,i S re T d .— he N re o to c - i d r a c y u , ms b t e a y n o c n e d bl° to est I , of of e o f the srasioll traPns? the King of the Belgians to the Chamber on the oc c , P . their opening on the 13th inst. ph*liPP - Of This inaugural address of the protege of Louis, - unu i ,h o lo created some sensation in the Money Market, alt",i P, -tO persons regard it as but a vague and negative al f r efor pt i most important points of this address are those whi c p .hno s oo the still unsetted state of the disputes between 13e r c h el l . of Holland, the numerous force maintained by the Du co ssitle ° northern frontiers of Belgium, and the consequen t ne e port l o b therecselirphttest inraec, of maintaining the Belgian army in full force. T iles la co'Plo of this speech have been construed by the speculatl in Funds as bearing somewhat of a warlike tone, 511 ' *O4 fr ri g l , quence they have declined about i per cent. t r e The oth,:r porticni ofithe speech are of no interes 'b e en c li , only to internal affairs, and seem rather to have . 0 to ig o dressed to the ChaMb ers an d the populace, with a vibe to vcrt their undivid e d attention from the state o f t Or relations of the country. . 0 the i for The British have closed heavily, and Consols, 1 94 to 1 00 sence of business, have receded from 9.4 to I t l 4 . ioll e A r d ll: Money and Account. The Government Co „ o oll A, T e s e rt P a - O fj P b:aight 16,0001. sterling of Three per Cent. ile u "ch vP - O ities at the reduced rate of 94a, 10,000/. of v i ," l- 203i'„ bil l° account of the Savings' Banks. Bank Stock 19 bal e. India ditto 201 Money. The premium upon Ex, c s . , e Fo" remains at 68 to 70, and on India Bonds at 63 to " if , tP C ace, The arrangement of the half monthly Accoun t to equ o te° reign Market has passed over with readiness i° co tes o or of the sm a ll amount o f b us i ness which has beet t ev erdta fo' , since the end of O c t o b er . Th e mar k et h a s, but c ,ffect e rally closed h eav il y , an d f ew d ea li ngs h ave bee° - f th e the 30th Nov. o lieg, itio t A d I-I E RAL D.—The address of his Majesty th e Le !P i , lir Belgians at the opening of the Chambers, on t" for roe r vo l tel t ' has not created that deep interest here, wh ich :3 oo .'s 0 •1; attached to the inaugural speeches of the Ceet' r c ech l o d 4 tates, or their regal shadows. The tone of this :Peen of im sidered here to be of a pacific yet negative ch ar ti itS o f Chambers drift evidently betrays a desire to turn the 8.- oru ti po - Chambers from the foreign policy of Belgium t l ar geti or th ti ternational relations, loftedwhc are considerablY en ~ r . 0 10 , particularly the progress ucation and railwaY. s b ee l 0 05 latter the Belgians may thank the ardour of Br it ' The p tet to invest their money in any foreign speculatio:•oo t h e e on; important points of this vague speech are the ri se aao d, t f oot ig o i the non-settlement of the differences with ~- t herni n r rce s g d tinued strength of the Dutch troops on the wl ita ry i-cstli and the implied necessity of maintainin, the rf" have Belgium in full strength. These circumsta nces .of considerable heaviness in the Dutch securities. il ftS --. ---.---- .--------------- Stiv - of CO GREAT ADVANTAGE TO LARGE '-'-' tont iti e l; of TEA. TEAS at WHOLESALE PRICES , in q a ll cl t , or is6°l oer, less than one pound, in tin cases of 61bs. net , A 1 0 0 1 ffee 0 121bs. and upwards. wbo° l Co ftb To afford every facility to large consumers, 0 0 , Tea or oit o tisement is addressed, not less than one pound .' 11 oo t ad $k SA LE 'l' made at this establishment, as the small profits til usual division of quantities made by retail hoo e r s i:SAT"' G. T. MANSELL and CO, W}lol, Or ° DEALERS, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. s ire. t Ol fig, THE NEW PORTABLE ALAR, me an.,,eit§' • a .... 1,3., ,-. 0 .- small Snuff-Pox, can be placed on the dresstnr chree ,' 0 0 Price 1,0 0 Ring at any hour that may be required. , T. COX SAVORY , , corph ill Watchmaker, Silversmith, and Jeweller, No. 4 " t). (Seven Doors from Gracec off •hurch-stree BIRTHS. 07 0 e n d t e h n e li l Tr l ( t s l n i c i i n i, st ( . 11 ,. a a d t a Do ugh lhy ter f . 'd the lady of tehe:o:4oo-rolvt On the lath inst., IN Ir s . George Creasy, of th Brighton, of a son. MARRIED. Var ke of fef' At Hull, on the 13th inst., by the Rev. nalP l : 3 l u„bter the oft Tudor, Esq. ; of Hull, to Margaret, second 3 ti jo e,, o Horsley, Esq., of Cott ingham. And at the sanguffoik, Dliles Branthwayte Beevor, Vicar of Henley , the fourth daughter of Jobvi Horsley, Esq. - -- 0 1 14 11 our - -oY°.the London Pl:i,n,lod and Published by mowtra a d, n 1,1,11, Strand, at The Sun Otlioe, No, 1 12 • of Micitleseic.—FridaT, November 16, Mi- S